Carriage end-gate



(No Model.)

S. R. BAILEY.

CARRIAGE END GATE.

N0. 474,3 3.. Patented May 10, 189Z.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL R. BAILEY, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARRIAGE EN D-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,353, dated May 10,1892.

Application filed July 15, 1891. Serial No. 399,657. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. BAILEY, of. Amesbury, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and use fulImprovement in Carriages, which will, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, be hereinafter fully described, and specificallydefined in the appended claim.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, the section beingtaken vertically through the body and tail-board, the latter beingopened, as when serving as a footeboard, and the view being as from theright-hand or off side of the vehicle and with the forward portion ot'the body broken away, with the position of the tail-board andattachments (shown by dotted lines) as in the position they occupy whenthe tail-board is closed. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa side elevation of the slotted tail-board links. Fig. 4 is a'section,as on line Z, Fig. 1, through the tail-board and its socketed andpivotal endiron, and showing the connection of the links therewith. Fig.5 is a section taken on line X, Fig. 1, and showing the means ofattaching the hinged step to the tail-board. Fig. 6 is a section onlineW through the tail-board and its socketed pivotalend-irons and themeans of securing the two together. Fig. 7 is a section taken, as online S, through that portion of that end-iron of the tail-board to whichthe slotted links are pivoted.

The object of my invention is to provide a step by which passengersoccupying the rearward-facing rear seat of a two-seated vehicle mayconveniently enter or leave such rear seat'by the rear end of the body,so as not to disturb those occupying the front seat, and also to providea tail-board of un usual strength without increase in its bulk, in orderthat it may resist the strain caused by attaching said step to thetail-board; and it consists, first, in pivoting a step to thetail-board, preferably at its lineal center, and so that when said boardis lowered to serve as the foot-board for the occupants of the rear seatby turning the step outward it serves as a convenient means for enteringor leaving said seat, and

. It further consists in angle-irons in which each end of the tail-boardis inserted and secured, said irons at their lower ends being formed soas to be pivoted to irons secured to the rear ends of the body-sills,and being also so formed that the stay-links which sustain thetail-board are pivoted thereto, as will be next fully described and thenclaimed.

Referring again to said drawings, A represents the side of thevehicle-body, which may be of a height and style to adapt it to thetaste of the user. The side sills are shown at CL and the end sill atI), while the tail-board is shown at c and the rear'seat at '0. To eachend of the tail-board c the grooved or troughlike irons d are secured,the board being forced into the groove in the iron, and then the partsare secured together by rivets, as at m, Fig. 6. The lower ends of saidirons are formed at a slight angle to the main portion, as shown in Fig.1, and with a pintle e, which engages in ear-plate f, secured to sill a,thereby constituting a hinge for the tail-board.

For the purpose of adjusting and holding the tail-board in desiredposition, the links-i 1', formed with longitudinal slotj, is pivoted toiron cl, it being inserted in longitudinal slot 2 therein and secured bya rivet, on which it is pivoted. Said link is attached to the bodysideby a broad-headed stud Z, secured to the body and having a neck thatfits loosely in slot j, an ofiset or recess receiving the stud Z whenthe tail-board is closed, thereby holding it firmly in that position.The ear-plate n is preferably secured to the center of tailboard 0, andthe shank p of the step q is pivoted to said plate by pin 25, a lip 3 ofthe plate serving as a fulcrum for the step. An inspection of thedrawings will plainly show that if the tail-board is closed and it isdesired to occupy the rear seat o, it is only necessary to raise link iso as to disengage studs Z from recesses 70, when the tail-board opensreadily to the extent allowed by the links, when step q is openedoutward and affords convenient access to seat 0, while a reversemovement of the parts closes the tail-board and folds the step downinside the body, out of sight.

It will be obvious that with the ends of the tail-board inserted andsecured in the end irons d even the severe lever-like strain exertedthereon throughthe step and the Weight of the passenger thereon whenentering or leaving the vehicle cannot injure the tailboard, and thatthe channel form of said irons will enable them to resist the severestrain above specified. It will be obvious that step q maybe rigidlysecured to the tail-board and afford the desired facility for enteringand leaving the carriage, but when the tailboard was raised and closedthe step would be both unsightlyand inconvenient, and hence a hingedstep is of great utility.

I claim as my invention- The combination of tail-boards, the chan- I 5and pivoted in said iron (Z, all substantially 20 as specified.

SAMUEL BAILEY. Witnesses:

FRANCIS BROWN, WILLIAM SMEATHs.

